CVE-2025-5944 | Element Pack Addons for Elementor <= 8.0.0 - Authenticated (Contributor+) DOM-Based Stored Cross-Site Scripting via data-caption Attribute

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The Element Pack Addons for Elementor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘data-caption’ attribute in all versions up to, and including, 8.0.0 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

Published: 2025-07-03 Last update: 2025-07-09 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Analyzed，CVE State: published
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CVE-2025-5944 is rated High Exploit Risk (61.9/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.39%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2025-5944

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2025-5944

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-04-29 0.07% 0.39% +0.32%
2 2025-12-11 0.04% 0.07% +0.02%
3 2025-11-29 — 0.04% —

Full EPSS history (4 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2025-5944

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.4 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:C)
Breaking this can reach past the original component and bite other resources—bigger blast radius.
Confidentiality (C:L)
Some sensitive info could get out, but not a total data dump.
Integrity (I:L)
Attackers could change some data, but it’s limited—not everything goes.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 3.1 2.7 [email protected]
5.4 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:C)
Breaking this can reach past the original component and bite other resources—bigger blast radius.
Confidentiality (C:L)
Some sensitive info could get out, but not a total data dump.
Integrity (I:L)
Attackers could change some data, but it’s limited—not everything goes.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 2.3 2.7 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2025-5944

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2025-5944

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
bdthemes element_pack < 8.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:bdthemes:element_pack:*:*:*:*:lite:wordpress:*:*

References for CVE-2025-5944

URL Tags
https://feedback.bdthemes.com/announcements?category=category_6l495r8q Release Notes
https://github.com/uikit/uikit/issues/5162 Exploit Issue Tracking
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/bdthemes-element-pack-lite/trunk/assets/js/bdt-uikit.js Product
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/bdthemes-element-pack-lite/trunk/modules/custom-gallery/widgets/custom-gallery.php Product
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/bdthemes-element-pack-lite/trunk/modules/image-accordion/widgets/image-accordion.php Product
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/bdthemes-element-pack-lite/trunk/modules/lightbox/widgets/lightbox.php Product
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3319668/ Patch
https://wordpress.org/plugins/bdthemes-element-pack-lite/#developers Product
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/ee6b1497-ffac-4eb3-baad-36270e419a95?source=cve Third Party Advisory
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